BALDWIN PARK, CA – The heiress of the popular fast casual burger chain In-N-Out, Lynsi Snyder, is reportedly leaving the state of California with her family, opting to move out east amid company expansions and what she described as “not easy” aspects of raising a family in California.
With growing public scrutiny over California’s policies and elected leadership, Snyder’s announcement of her intended departure marks another high-profile individual opting to leave the state in recent years. During an appearance on Allie Beth Stuckey’s “Relatable” podcast on July 18th, Snyder revealed plans to take her family out to Tennessee following the company’s expansion out east, citing difficulties with raising a family in California.
“There’s a lot of great things about California, but raising a family is not easy here,” Snyder stated during the podcast appearance, adding, “We’re building an office in Franklin, so I’m actually moving out there.”
Despite Snyder noting the “bulk” of the burger chain’s location will remain in California, she’s excited about her new home office south of Nashville, stating, “It will be wonderful having an office out there, growing out there and being able to have the family and other people’s families out there.”
Although five years removed since the onset of the pandemic, Snyder hasn’t forgotten the hurdles California made her business “jump through” just to keep the doors open and serve willing customers.
Time hasn’t tempered Snyder’s negative sentiments pertaining to the COVID reaction, saying, “There were so many pressures and just hoops we were having to jump through. You’ve got to do this, you have to wear a mask, you gotta put this plastic thing up between us and our customers and it was really terrible you know.”
Looking back at the period of the pandemic, Snyder admitted during the podcast appearance that she wishes she’d “pushed even harder on some of that stuff and dealt with all of the legal backlash.”
Additionally, the violent crime throughout pockets of California is something Snyder isn’t oblivious to, recalling during an interview this past December when she made the difficult decision to close an Oakland location, saying, “There was actually - gunshots went through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.”
Tennessee residents can expect to see the first locations opening within the state in 2026.
With growing public scrutiny over California’s policies and elected leadership, Snyder’s announcement of her intended departure marks another high-profile individual opting to leave the state in recent years. During an appearance on Allie Beth Stuckey’s “Relatable” podcast on July 18th, Snyder revealed plans to take her family out to Tennessee following the company’s expansion out east, citing difficulties with raising a family in California.
“There’s a lot of great things about California, but raising a family is not easy here,” Snyder stated during the podcast appearance, adding, “We’re building an office in Franklin, so I’m actually moving out there.”
Despite Snyder noting the “bulk” of the burger chain’s location will remain in California, she’s excited about her new home office south of Nashville, stating, “It will be wonderful having an office out there, growing out there and being able to have the family and other people’s families out there.”
Although five years removed since the onset of the pandemic, Snyder hasn’t forgotten the hurdles California made her business “jump through” just to keep the doors open and serve willing customers.
Time hasn’t tempered Snyder’s negative sentiments pertaining to the COVID reaction, saying, “There were so many pressures and just hoops we were having to jump through. You’ve got to do this, you have to wear a mask, you gotta put this plastic thing up between us and our customers and it was really terrible you know.”
Looking back at the period of the pandemic, Snyder admitted during the podcast appearance that she wishes she’d “pushed even harder on some of that stuff and dealt with all of the legal backlash.”
Additionally, the violent crime throughout pockets of California is something Snyder isn’t oblivious to, recalling during an interview this past December when she made the difficult decision to close an Oakland location, saying, “There was actually - gunshots went through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.”
Tennessee residents can expect to see the first locations opening within the state in 2026.
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